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Premiere Date And New Trailer Released For Shudder’s Psychological Horror “The Twin”

, AMC Networks' premium streaming service for , thrillers and the supernatural, released today the as well as the premiere date for their upcoming original film . Starring (A Discovery of Witches, Warm Bodies, Lights Out) and (A Discovery of Witches, Outlander), the highly anticipated Scandinavian horror film from Shudder and will have release on Friday, May 6, premiering on Shudder platforms in the US, Canada, UKI and ANZ, as well as in cinemas, on demand and Digital in the US and Canada on the same day.

In The Twin, following the aftermath of a tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twins, Rachel (Palmer) and husband Anthony (Cree) relocate to the other side of the world with their surviving son in the hopes of building a new life. What begins as a time of healing in the quiet Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn when Rachel begins to unravel the torturous truth about her son and confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him.

The English-language debut of writer/director took part in Frontières Platform, the genre-focused event run by Fantasia and Cannes' Marché du Film and won the best fiction award at industry showcase Finnish Film Affair last year, as well as best project at the BIFAN development forum in Korea.

Watch the trailer below and watch The Twin on Shudder from May 6th.